Multiple Changes of Order of the Vortex Melting Transition in BSCCO with Dilute Columnar Defects
Superconductivity
2009-11-13 v3
Abstract
A low concentration of columnar defects is reported to transform a first-order vortex lattice melting line in BSCCO crystals into alternating segments of first-order and second-order transitions separated by two critical points. As the density of CDs is increased, the critical points shift apart and the range of the intermediate second-order transition expands. A third, low temperature critical point was also observed in one sample. The measurement of equilibrium magnetization and the mapping of the melting line down to 27K was made possible by employment of the shaking technique.
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@article{arxiv.0802.0574,
title = {Multiple Changes of Order of the Vortex Melting Transition in BSCCO with Dilute Columnar Defects},
author = {Tal Verdene and Haim Beidenkopf and Yuri Myasoedov and Hadas Shtrikman and Michael Rappaport and Eli Zeldov and Tsuyoshi Tamegai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0574},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures